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TIL behavioral psychologists have shown that making a plan reduces enjoyment of fun activities

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vPwex TIL that Super Bowl XXVII was originally going to be in Tempe, Arizona. However, due to state blocking Martin Luther King day from being recognized, the NFL moved the game to the Rose Bowl, in Pasadena, California instead.
rRkWx TIL that Matt Groening, creator of the Simpsons, has only written four episodes in its 30 year run.
OYXe TIL the U.S. is the only country that does not dip its flag to the host country at the Olympics opening ceremonies. When the U.S. flag-holder was asked to do so for King Edward VII at the 1908 London games, he supposedly responded, “This flag dips to no earthly king.”
oRr67 TIL: Paul Revere was the first person in the USA to learn how to roll copper in 1801 and formed Revere Copper. That company is still the only copper mill in the United States
R7aZ6 TIL Actors have to pay 30k to have a star on the Hollywood walk of fame